3 new Chicago sites on national historic register

Three properties in Chicago were listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 22 by the National Park Service. Their inclusion in this prestigious national list was announced Wednesday by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, which administers the National Register program in Illinois. The properties are:

The Parkway Garden Homes in the 6300 to 6500 block of S. Martin Luther King Drive, built in the 1950s and one of the nation’s largest privately-financed residential developments designed for and by African Americans during the post World War II period. Its 35 buildings containing 694 apartment homes were designed by Chicago architect and planner Henry K. Holsman.

The Wholesale Florist Exchange at 1313 W. Randolph Street was built in 1927 and was one of the nation’s largest wholesale florist markets in the early 20th century. The Fox & Fox designed, Art Deco-style, concrete loft structure shifted the center of the floral trade from the Loop to the Near West Side.

The building at 2440 N. Lakeview Avenue, a 1920s example of an upscale, cooperative elevator apartment building designed by Chicago architects Rissman & Hirschfeld in the Tudor Revival style. It retains much of its original historic integrity both inside and out.